New Canaan Running Club Hosts Meet At Waveny Park

Runners from the New Canaan Running Club relax after Wednesday's race.Photo Credit: ContributedRunners take off at the start of the boys race.Photo Credit: ContributedNew Canaan girls, in red, run against Wilton and New Fairfield.Photo Credit: ContributedMembers of the New Canaan Running Club stretch prior to the race.Photo Credit: ContributedCoach Bill Martin, right, talks to a young runner.Photo Credit: ContributedMembers of the team talk before the races.Photo Credit: Contributed

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NEW CANAAN, Conn. -- The New Canaan Running Club hosted Wilton and New Fairfield in a youth cross country meet at Waveny Park on Wednesday.

The young runners are coached by Bill Martin, the cross country and track and field coach at New Canaan High School. The team is sponsored by New Balance New Canaan. New Canaan had 19 boys and 14 girls in Wednesday’s race.

Wilton won the boys and girls events. New Canaan took second in the girls race, and finished one point behind second-place New Fairfield in the boys race.
For a New Canaan team that is running only its third season, and its first under coach Martin. The New Canaan girls were led by Kaitlyn Popson with a fourth place finish, and Christian Meier led the New Canaan boys with a second place finish.